新人
Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
新人
- newly married couple; newlyweds; bride and groom (Classifier: 對/对 m c)
- newcomer; new member; rookie
- new talent; new personality
- (Mainland China) people of a new type; people with new ethics; people in the spirit of the times
- new person; person who has turned over a new leaf and is making a fresh start
- bride
- new lover
- (literary) newly married wife (as opposed to the previous wife)
- (literary) newly married concubine
- (literary) newly married husband (as opposed to the previous husband)
- (anthropology) Homo sapiens sapiens
- (Dongsheng Jin) bridegroom
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 新娘 (“bride”) [map]
- (Homo sapiens sapiens): 晚期智人
Dialectal synonyms of 新郎 (“bridegroom”) [map]
Etymology 2
new; newly; meso- (chem.) | man; person; people | ||
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trad. (新人) | 新 | 人 | |
simp. #(新人) | 新 | 人 | |
alternative forms | 新儂/新侬 |
Pronunciation
Noun
新人
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) bridegroom (man about to be married)
- (Southern Min, including Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien, Shantou, Haifeng) bride
- (Southern Min) new staff or personnel
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 新郎 (“bridegroom”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 新娘 (“bride”) [map]
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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新 | 人 |
しん Grade: 2 |
じん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
References
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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